Re: [News] Novell Buffs Up Offensive on SCO, Microsoft

[Brett Ryan <bsryan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Handover Phist wrote:
> John Bailo :
> > Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> > > More Novell Filings too
> > > | For the foregoing reasons, Novell respectfully requests that this Court
> > > | grant partial summary judgment as to Novell's Sixth, Seventh, Eighth,
> > > | and Ninth Claims for Relief and impose a constructive trust on the monies
> > > | SCO received and improperly retained from the 2003 Sun and Microsoft
> > > | Agreements. If summary judgment is denied, Novell requests in the
> > > | alternative that this Court issue a preliminary injunction requiring
> > > | an accounting and establishing a constructive trust.
> >
> > This is bigger than you think.   By capturing the rights that SCO 
> > claimed, Novell now owns Microsoft and Sun -- who believed that their 
> > software was based on Unix so much they were willing to buy 'licenses' 
> > to protect those rights.
> >
> > Now, not only does it appear that Novell actually owns those rights -- 
> > but they can now revalue the licenses to any price they wish...since SCO 
> > sold them illegally.  And Microsoft and Sun will have to pay -- because 
> > they already admitted they needed those licenses to stay in busness.
> >
> > Har Har Har!!!
>
> If this is correct.... COOL! And um, shit.

If it is, then this is most comical.  Kinda like a minnow taking a very 
large chunk out of a pair of whales.  Amazing!